A former Maryland Terrapin basketball player has to register as a sex offender, according to officials.Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams announced Monday that Travis Garrison was sentenced to three years suspended and is required to register as a sex offender.Garrison was found guilty last month on three counts of second-degree assault and one count of a sex offense in the fourth degree. Judge Robert Wilcox presided over the sentencing."My office is committed to holding sex offenders accountable no matter their celebrity status," Adams said.Garrison faced similar charges in the past. In 2005, the Prince George’s State’s Attorney’s office charged Garrison with a sex offense and second-degree assault stemming from an October 2005 incident at a popular College Park, Maryland bar.Garrison initially pleaded guilty to the sex offense and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. However, upon appealing the sentence, he avoided having to register as a sex offender. The second-degree assault charge carried a two-year probation sentence, along with 100 hours of community service, and an anger management course.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. —

A former Maryland Terrapin basketball player has to register as a sex offender, according to officials.

Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams announced Monday that Travis Garrison was sentenced to three years suspended and is required to register as a sex offender.

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Garrison was found guilty last month on three counts of second-degree assault and one count of a sex offense in the fourth degree. Judge Robert Wilcox presided over the sentencing.

Garrison faced similar charges in the past. In 2005, the Prince George’s State’s Attorney’s office charged Garrison with a sex offense and second-degree assault stemming from an October 2005 incident at a popular College Park, Maryland bar.

Garrison initially pleaded guilty to the sex offense and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. However, upon appealing the sentence, he avoided having to register as a sex offender. The second-degree assault charge carried a two-year probation sentence, along with 100 hours of community service, and an anger management course.